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Ottawa – Ottawa City Council today received and tabled its first draft budget of its term, which seeks to maintain the momentum of significant city-building projects such as light rail transit, Arts Court, and the Bayview Innovation Centre.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO – John Baird, Minister Responsible for the National Capital Commission and Member of Parliament for Ottawa West-Nepean and His Worship, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson today issued the following statement:

Ottawa – Mayor Jim Watson praised the success of Invest Ottawa and emphasized the importance of continuing efforts to make Ottawa an inviting place for business investment at the 3rd Annual Economic Outlook luncheon today.

Ottawa – Young people, aged 18 to 30, from 196 countries around the world will be coming to Ottawa in 2016 for the One Young World international youth conference.

Ottawa was announced as the winning city this morning by One Young World organizers from London, England, which was also livestreamed to a large contingent who were anxiously awaiting the results at the Ottawa Convention Centre. Ottawa was the only western city amongst four finalists, which included Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Kobe, Japan.

Ottawa – Mayor Jim Watson is pleased to announce that Ottawa has won the bid to host the Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO) Conference from 2018 to 2020. This is in addition to hosting the conference in 2017 – Canada’s 150th anniversary.

Ottawa – To help promote Ottawa’s big plans for Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations, the City will be adding Ottawa 2017 decals to City vehicles and will be partnering with local artists to paint murals across the city.

Ottawa – This morning, Mayor Jim Watson provided a Confederation Line economic update, announcing that the value of contracts committed to local firms is now over $360 million. The Mayor also announced, as the downtown tunnel approaches the 50% completion mark later this summer, the majority of all contractors working on the project are from within the Ottawa region.

Ottawa ‑ A report to be considered by the Finance and Economic Development Committee on December 3 and by City Council on December 11 recommends establishment of a new non-profit corporation to oversee the development and operation of an Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards and a roadmap that would see the first phase open as early as 2016.